Galloway v. State

The majority interprets “course of conduct” proscribed by Maryland Code (1957, 1996 Repl Vol., 2000 Supp.), Art. 27, § 123, as encompassing the repeated sending of communications, i.e., first class mail containing religious views, expressions of feelings, and apologies for past conduct. The majority also interprets § 123 to authorize criminal punishment for that course of conduct where the sender of the communications had been requested to stop sending them, and where the recipient of the communications was seriously annoyed or alarmed by them. The majority further holds, without any…